MC Till
A Past About a Better Future: Reflections from “African Dream”
When I was a young child, maybe 5 years old, my family stopped by a gas station in a predominantly black neighborhood. It was dark. I was...
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MC Till
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
The Battery’s The Change Up 5 Years Later
By Big Sto Jurny Big and Peace 586 (both part of The Tunnel Rats) are pioneers in Hip-hop. I was five years old when LPG’s (a group...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
Skyzoo: A Decade of Excellence
Five years ago Skyzoo gave me a birthday present. Okay, he didn’t wrap up a gift and send it to me via UPS. But, just a few days after my...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 5 min
Champion Sound (Album Reflections)
“Glory” with its rolling snares, cloudy choir esq. vocal samples, and choppy horns opens up the Champion Sounds by Wordsworth & Pearl...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Starting 5ive (Album Review)
By Michael Stover For ‘The Boom Bap Review’ series I’ve tried not to write about EPs because that adds sooo many records to an already...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
MC Till's Top 30 from 2020
I've said it a few times and I'll say it yet again. We are living in a new Hip-hop golden age. It is different from the past. Back then...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
thisANDthat: Mama’s Rampage
Hip-hop is competitive. Artists claim to be the greatest of their city. Others say they are the greatest period. Hip-hop fans follow suit...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
As God Intended by Che Noir (Album Review)
Apollo Brown. Che Noir. Features by Black Thought, Skyzoo, Ty Farris, and Planet Asia. If you know these names, you know where this is...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
What is Hip-hop & am I a guest?
If you follow KRS-One at all, you have heard the phrase “You are not doing Hip-hop, you are hip-hop.” But, what exactly IS Hip-hop? In...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
My Favorite Jay-Z Albums
My top five favorite Jay-Z albums are as follows: 5. Unplugged 4. The Black Album 3. The Blueprint 2. 4:44 1. Reasonable Doubt I took a...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
The Hip-hop Collective
The Native Tongue collective started in the late 80’s and gained momentum entering into the early 90’s. However, for whatever reason,...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 1 min
Will 2020 top 2019?
2019 was another incredible year in Hip-hop. It was monumental in the release of several new albums from Gang Starr, Black Moon, and Smif...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 6 min
A Case for Black Thought over Rakim
Lyrically no emcee has a bigger impact than Rakim. Every single lyrical emcee that came after Rakim can arguably be traced back to him....
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 4 min
Live Listen & Review of Little Brother
So the morning this Little Brother album came out I sat down and listened to it. While I listened to it, I wrote about it in real time....
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
Nas & His "Trash" Beats
My social media timeline was filled with fighting. No. Not about Trump. Not about the immigration issue on the Southern boarder. Not...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
Depth in Hip-hop
The other week I drove a group of young teenagers down to Asheville, NC. They played me a bunch of Hip-hop music that they like. I didn’t...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
From Darn Near Depression to a Record Label...
Three years ago I was not in a very good place. I went from performing nearly 100 shows a year to performing nearly 1 every few months…...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
To Stream or Not to Stream
I was at a used book/music store the other day and I saw two of my favorite Jay-Z albums (the Blueprint & American Gangsta) for $2. So,...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 2 min
Profanity in Hip-hop
It is no secret that many Hip-hop artists use profanity in their music. Many of us use profanity all the time. Whether we are vehemently...
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MC Till
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
From Shinin' to The All
I was at the record store sometime around the summer or fall of 1995. I saw two CDs in the used section that I wanted: “2000” by Grand...
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